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Quotation from A Theologico-Political Treatise by Baruch Spinoza

“In fact, the true aim of government is liberty.”

Baruch Spinoza

A Theologico-Political Treatise, Chapter XX, trans. R. H. M. Elwes

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Spinoza concludes that the state exists not to make people beasts or puppets but to let them use their reason in security.

Citation: "In fact, the true aim of government is liberty." — Baruch Spinoza, A Theologico-Political Treatise, Chapter XX, trans. R. H. M. Elwes. (id spinoza-theologico-political-treatise-q7)

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